[ale] Using TAR Question

[Jim Popovitch]

This raises a basic question.  From a purely technical perspective, which is
more of an optimized call:

    tar -xf filename
        or
    tar -x < filename

The both produce the same, but doesn't piping the data involve more cpu
cycles?

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
 From: Brubakken, Eric <eric.brubakken at SouthernEnergy.Com>
To: 'ale' <ale at ale.org>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 8:28 AM
Subject: [ale] Using TAR Question


>Yesterday I downloaded a TAR file to my winbox. I then did a binary ftp to
>the Linux box.  When I run tar -x filename the system just sits there,
>nothing happens.  I seem to remember something about win/dos treats end of
>line as cr/lf and Linux just a lf.  Could this be the problem? Isn't there
>some type of utility that I can run against the file that might correct
>this?
>
>Clueless.....
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Eric
>